Design and Construction of the Rococó Antesacristía and Sacristy of the Parish Church of Santas Justa and Rufina de Orihuela: The Architect Jaime Bort

Abstract

In 1744, the parish of Saints Justa and Rufina de Orihuela began an expansion of its auxiliary spaces with the construction of a new sacristy and pre-church. The plan and layout were made by the prestigious Valencian architect Jaime Bort. The study of the original documentation referring to the parochial agreements, the factory accounts, the chapters, the auctions and the view of the works allow to establish the uniqueness of the construction, an example of architectural design to the taste of the moment, the Rococo, in the interior decorative aspects, both in the cornices, carpentry, and in the line of the pavement itself, in conjunction with traditional construction systems, in this case with the use of the traditional partitioned vault.